Geneva: Ecart Publications / Double Sphinx Serie, 1973. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. Stapled printed wrappers. Illustrated in black and white on newsprint. Publisher's stamp on front cover. First and only edition. One of 250 copies comprising the entire edition. A truly scarce avant-garde artist book created by Oleson who opened..... More
New York: Multiples, Inc., 1970. First edition. Paperback. Oblong wrappers. An artist "book" consisting of a nine-panel accordion fold-out. Only text is the title page. One long black and white photograph of a garden scene. Originally contained in the Artists and Photograghs box collection of artist books published by Multiples..... More
Atlanta: Nexus Press, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Artist book by Osborn with assistance from Michael Goodman, Mark Hanks and Renalta Levy. A "shaped" book published in the form of a triangle. Measures 16 x 11.5 x 11.5". A fine copy in silk string-tied wrappers. SIGNED by Osborn. A book..... More
Japan: Yobisha, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Two paperbound volumes in thick paper slipcase. Two artist books filled with collages and cartoons. Both volumes in fine condition. Lower flap of thick paper slipcase needs reglueing, otherwise fine. One small tear to printed obi. More
Koln and Bonn: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig and Galerie Philomene Magers, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Small paperbound quarto. Artist book by Paeffgen consisting of 48 variations on the question mark "?". Some in color, the rest in black and white. Some soiling to covers. A very good copy overall..... More
Madison: Perimeter Press, 1977. First edition. Spiral Bound. Artist book in decorated box. One of only 50 copies SIGNED by the artist. Metal spiral-bound book made to look like a traveler's old photo-album, the book consists of actual polaroid photographs afixed to various thick paper sheets with collage elements. 20..... More
Chicago: William and Noma Copley Foundation, No Date. First edition. Hardcover. Small square quarto. A 28 page artist book. Illustrated in black and white. Text by the artist. A very good copy in two tone boards with some offsetting to covers and typical fade to spine. Comes in original clear..... More
Leeuwenberg: Paul Harlan Gabriel Bodoni / stichting Gezellig en Leuk, 1986. First edition. Paperback. 4to. 61 pp artist book by Bodoni. Illustrated in black and white. Text in Dutch. A fine copy in bound illustrated wrappers contained in a decorated printed plastic slipcase. This is number 34 of 500 hand-numbered..... More
Vienna: Galerie Krinzinger, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Stiff stapled photo-illustrated wrappers. A fine copy of this uncommon and early artist book collaboration by McCarthy and Kelley published on the occasion of an exhibition in Austria in 1992. Book contains extensive bios of the artists at the rear of the book..... More
Syracuse: Light Work, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Published to coincide with an installation / exhibition that was produced by Light Work and exhibited in Light Work's Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery in Buffalo in 1988. This work includes a small booklet that folds out accordian style, three stereo viewmaster reels..... More
No Place: Privately Printed, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Book of mix and match texts and pictures on horizontally split pages. Fine spiralbound copy. One of five hundred copies. More
No Place: Division of Visual Arts, First Bank System, 1990. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. #519 of one thousand hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. An artist book by Posner. Fine condition in metal spiral binding. More
No Place: Privately Printed, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Tall paper 4to. An uncommon early work by photographer Vaughan Rachel with black and white photographs accompanied by brief texts. Book includes very little publishing information. Small crease and toning to front cover. A very good example. More
No Place: Red Egypt Press, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Sewn wrappers. A charming illustrated artist book by Rathman. One of a short series of books he created for this press back in the late 1980's. Fine condition in stiff illustrated wrappers. SIGNED and dated by the artist in 1988... More
Cincinnati: Contemporary Arts Center, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Square paperbound volume. 66 pp. Introduction by Ruth K. Meyer. Essay by Laura H. Chapman. Illustrated with one full-page color illustration and numerous black and white illustrations from the design of this exhibit. A very good copy in bound black wrappers. With..... More
Limousin: Editions Du F.R.A.C., 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Fine first edition of this artist book published on the occasion of a 1991 - 1992 exhibition. Fine softbound book in fine decorated dustwrapper. Folded poster laid in. More
Hamburg and Basel: Dr. Philipp Buse, Dieter Roth and Kuenzi Druck, 1991. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. Thick bound wrappers. Number 94 of 150 SIGNED copies. Book is in near fine condition. Very faint crease to title page. A collection of calendar notebook pages with holographic notations and drawings by the..... More
Los Angeles: Privately Printed, 1968. First edition. Paperback. First and only edition of this collaboration between Ruscha and his friend Billy Al Bengston. Privately printed artist book. Limited to one thousand copies. Includes both of the artist’s business cards stapled to the inside rear cover. A good copy with some..... More
Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, 1969. First edition. Paperback. Cardborad wrapers in waxy printed dustwrapper. 115 pp of black and white photographs and one "page" of text by Williams on the rear flap of the outer wrapper. Book derived from the story "How To Derive The Maximum Enjoyment From Crackers" by..... More
Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto. An artist book as facsimile of a large ink drawing. Covers slightly worn else a near fine example. One of only 250 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. Printed in Denmark. Only two copies located in institutional holdings... More
Appenzell and New York: Stiftung Liner and PaceWildenstein, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Oblong stapled wrappers. Unpaginated artist book with text and color images by Scotti. A meditation on Jim Dine's 52 Book project. Near fine condition. More
No Place: Privately Printed, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Oblong quarto. A collection of color and b/w photomontages featuring family pictures and found photos with overlays, tipped in images, mylar pages, handwritten notes etc. Edition size unknown. Fine condition. Spiral bound with mylar covers. More
No Place: Privately Printed, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Privately published artist book. Numbered A.P. out of a tiny edition of only 25 copies. Loose sheets printed on thick rag paper. Laid into an elaborate printed cloth clamshell box. SIGNED by the artist. A beautiful production. More
Rochester: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Paper 8vo. Artist book. Hand bound, signed and numbered by the author in an edition of 200 copies of which this is nr 64. A fine copy. Printed offset on Mohawk superfine regular finish white eighty pound text. A poem whose..... More
No Place: Privately Printed, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Tall, side-stapled wrappers. A hand-made artist book by Smith with original hand-illustrated cover. Inside includes one color and two black and white illustrations intersperced with experiemntal writings. SIGNED by Smith and hand-numbered "22 to 1/75". Very good condition. Uncommon... More
